At stake for Everett

If Seattle wins (any kind) and Everett loses (any kind) the Thunderbirds will finish fourth and get home ice in the first round of the Seattle-Everett series. Otherwise, Everett gets home ice. So they'll be doing a combination of trying to win and watching the scoreboard if it's not going well.

Truth be told, with Everett playing well and Seattle struggling it might not matter who gets home ice.

Who plays tonight?

In the two games with the Thunderbirds, the Winterhawks only rested one regular in each game, despite having the opportunity to rest a little more. Justin Greer and Skyler McKenzie have been available. So we'll see if they stay mostly full-strength with the Silvertips having a meaningful game.

Similarly, Brendan Burke started both games against Seattle. You would think this means backup Adin Hill goes tonight.

With Oliver Bjorkstrand getting his 50th goal, one wonders if they take the opportunity to give him a rest tonight. Or if they knew ahead of time they were going to rest him, and that's why they pushed so hard. They sure went a lot harder in garbage team than they usually do.

If Bjorkstrand does play, he'll have an opportunity to pass Nic Petan for the team points lead, which I don't think anyone would have seen coming. Going into the last game it's 111 to 109, Petan.

The final day (maybe!)

Red Deer has to beat Edmonton to tie Prince Albert for 8th and force a tiebreaker game, which I think (but am not sure) counts as a regular season game (which is goofy but never mind). I would think Winterhawks fans would be rooting for Red Deer based on Presten Kopeck being with the Rebels (and for the karma of Portland being able to acquire Dumba). Kopeck's been very good for them, with 20 points in 26 games.

Picks

In the comments, give your pick for

1. the winner
2. "over" or "under" 6.5 total goals scored by both teams
3. the game winning goal scorer (based on hockey's GWG rules)

Resident Genius: DaveCh.

Carmageddon alert

Trail Blazers.

Their game is at 6, so that's a little better than when both start, and finish, at the same time.